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Birmingham’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration to be held at Millennium Point
Staff Reporter
January 23, 2022 | 02:41 am
Birmingham’s annual civic commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day will this year be hosted at Millennium Point. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Muhammad Afzal, will lead the free public event…
Hanukkah celebrations begins for city’s Jewish community
Staff Reporter
November 29, 2021 | 10:44 am
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah - also spelt 'Chanukah' - has begun for Judaism's faithful followers across the world, and it's no different in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The first…
West Mids Mayor Andy Street to deliver green transport message to world leaders at COP26
Staff Reporter
November 11, 2021 | 09:00 am
The single biggest contribution elected mayors can make to cutting global emissions is to focus on transport. This will be the message Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, will…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai gets married to Asser Malik in Birmingham ceremony
Staff Reporter
November 10, 2021 | 09:20 am
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has married her partner during an Islamic 'nikah' ceremony in Birmingham. Yousafzai, 24, 'tied the knot' with Asser Malik in a nikah ceremony, where the bride and…
Over 76,000 support cancer patient Lewin’s campaign to stay in the UK amid deportation threats
Sundus Abdi
October 1, 2021 | 11:33 pm
A petition campaigning against the deportation of an elderly cancer patient has received more than 76,000 signatures. Lewin Williams, 74, has lived in Birmingham for almost 20 years and has…
West Midlands migrant groups call on government to grant Afghan refugees sanctuary
Staff Reporter
August 17, 2021 | 03:39 pm
West Midlands migrant organisations have called on the UK government to grant Afghan refugees sanctuary in the region, following the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. As people desperately attempt to…
Birmingham ‘Stop Asian Hate’ group condemns London restaurant’s racist advert
Sundus Abdi
August 12, 2021 | 02:42 pm
A London restaurant has come under fire for publishing an advertisement deemed "racist" by members of the British Asian community. The Ivy Asia restaurant has received a backlash from Stop Asian Hate…
Community fun day to be held in Birmingham to mark 50 years of Bangladesh freedom
Staff Reporter
August 10, 2021 | 11:56 am
To mark the 50th anniversary year of Bangladesh’s independence, a family fun day is being held at the MAC in Birmingham this month. Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage and…
Birmingham artist lashes back as police ‘probe’ into Palestine mural unveiled in Kings Heath
Rangzeb Hussain
May 27, 2021 | 04:00 pm
West Midlands Police have allegedly been in talks with the owners of a business on whose wall a Palestinian solidarity mural was painted last Monday (May 17). Award-winning Birmingham based…
Birmingham artist unveils Malcolm X mural in solidarity with people of Palestine
Rangzeb Hussain
May 17, 2021 | 10:50 pm
A striking new mural depicting the historic visit of civil rights activist Malcolm X to Smethwick in 1965, has been unveiled in Birmingham as a show of solidarity with the plight of the Palestinian people.…